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Excerpts from Theodotus 24.1

Clement of Alexandria · Excerpts from Theodotus · ca. 200 · Alexandria · Read in context

Summary: The Valentinians say the prophetic Spirit is now poured out on the whole church, which performs healings and prophecies.

Greek text · Stählin 3:115

Λέγουσιν οἱ Οὐαλεντινιανοὶ ὅτι ὃ κατὰ εἷς τῶν προφητῶν ἔσχεν πνεῦμα ἐξαίρετον εἰς διακονίαν, τοῦτο ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐξεχύθη· διὸ καὶ τὰ σημεῖα τοῦ πνεύματος, ἰάσεις καὶ προφητεῖαι, διὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐπιτελοῦνται.

English · Claude translation

The Valentinians say that the special spirit that each of the prophets had for his ministry has been poured out on all the members of the church; that is why the signs of the Spirit, healings and prophecies, are accomplished through the church.

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Stählin 3:115 · Otto Stählin, ed., Clemens Alexandrinus, vol. 3, Stromata Buch VII und VIII, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae propheticae, Quis dives salvetur, Fragmente, GCS 17 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1909) · Greek text: Otto Stählin, Clemens Alexandrinus 3 (GCS 17, 1909), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Stählin, GCS 17. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Stählin (1909); made independently of existing English translations.
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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 24.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/24/1/).

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Clement of Alexandria, Exc. 24.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-excerpta/24/1/).

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